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๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Louis Foster

Racing driver from United Kingdom. IndyCar. Two-time champion.
Driver facts
Full name
Louis Foster
Born
27 July 2003(b. 2003)
Nationality
United Kingdom
Current team
Series
IndyCar
Status
Active
Championships
22022, 2024
Career wins
29
Career podiums
59
Career starts
143
Career DNFs
0
Racer Rating
5,446
Louis Foster
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
5,446
Rank 663 of 38,983 indexed, -121 this season
FIA Categorisation
Silver
FIA driver categorisation
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Louis Foster is a racing driver from United Kingdom who competes in IndyCar. Foster is a two-time champion (2022, 2024), with 29 wins and 59 podiums from 143 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 5,446 ranks Foster 663th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2026 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNFUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSAUSA
Recent results
Tap a row for the full race
2026-08-09Grand Prix of PortlandIndyCarP15+13
2026-07-20Grand Prix of NashvilleIndyCarP17โˆ’13
2026-07-11NASCAR Truck Series at Lime RockNASCAR TruckP21โˆ’97
2026-07-05Grand Prix of Mid-OhioIndyCarP18โˆ’32
2026-06-21Grand Prix of Road AmericaIndyCarP14+19
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+137Brands Hatch 2019British F4P1
+137Donington 2020GB3P1
+126Indy Nxt By Firestone Grand Prix At Mid Ohio 2023Indy NXTP1
+126Donington 2020GB3P1
+120Knockhill 2019British F4P1
Circuits
Rating per start against their own form that season
Raises their game
Snetterton 3004 starts+33
Donington11 starts+12
Silverstone6 starts+2
Struggles
Thruxton5 starts-26
Oulton Park6 starts-16
Brands Hatch9 starts-3
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2026โ–ธIndyCar1300000P17โˆ’245,446
โ–ธNASCAR Truck100000P33โˆ’97
2025โ–ธIndyCar1700000P26โˆ’3155,567
2024โ–ธIndy NXTAndretti Global14812070P1+8065,882
2023โ–ธIndy NXTAndretti Autosport1225040P4+165,076
2022โ–ธIndy Pro 2000 ChampionshipExclusive Autosport18712050P1+3005,060
2021โ–ธEuroformula OpenCryptoTower Racing Team19312020P2+4104,760
2020โ–ธGB3Double R Racing2236050P4+2234,719
2019โ–ธBritish F4Double R Racing27612060P3+2,7714,121
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Foster finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Nolan SiegelFIA Gold5,38865333251%
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Josh SkeltonFIA Silver3,80445261958%
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Bart Horsten3,97044261859%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Jacob AbelFIA Silver5,09843291467%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Reece GoldFIA Silver4,30843321174%
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Christian RasmussenFIA Gold5,30842172540%
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡พ Kyffin SimpsonFIA Gold5,91741192246%
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Nazim AzmanFIA Silver3,60241241759%
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Josh MasonFIA Silver5,0513632489%
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Yuven Sundaramoorthy4,1123632489%
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Alex PalouFIA Platinum, 4ร— champion7,659302287%
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Pato O'WardFIA Gold, 2ร— champion7,0243042613%
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Christian LundgaardFIA Gold6,8533052517%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
#DriverSeriesRating
653๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Michael AmmermรผllerPorsche Mobil 1 Supercup5,457
654๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Gary BrabhamInternational Formula 30005,456
655๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Daisuke ItoSuper GT5,453
656๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Ferdinand HabsburgWEC5,453
657๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Guido DaccรฒInternational Formula 30005,453
658๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Thomas DanielssonInternational Formula 30005,449
659๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Nirei FukuzumiNรผrburgring Langstrecken-Serie5,448
660๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Zsolt BaumgartnerFormula 15,448
661๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Gustav MaljaFormula 25,447
662๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Claudio LangesInternational Formula 30005,446
663๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Louis FosterIndyCar5,446
664๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Andy MichnerIndyCar5,445
665๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Conor DalyIndyCar5,445
666๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท Laurent AรฏelloInternational Formula 30005,444
667๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Luca StolzIMSA WeatherTech5,443
668๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Lucas AuerAsian Le Mans Series5,443
669๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Oliver TichyFIA GT Championship5,443
670๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Cole CusterNASCAR Cup Series5,442
671๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Roberto GonzalezWEC5,442
672๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Sena SakaguchiSuper GT5,442
673๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Luigi PiottiFormula 15,440
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Louis Foster is an established professional in single-seater racing, rated 5,457. He competes full-time in IndyCar for Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing and part-time in NASCAR Truck for Freedom Racing Enterprises. His primary racing background is in open-wheel championships across the United States and Europe. He holds FIA Silver grading, placing him among drivers developing toward the professional grades in endurance racing.[1]

Foster's career spans eight seasons from 2019 onward. He began in British F4 with Double R Racing, taking six wins and twelve podiums across 27 starts, then moved through GB3 and Euroformula Open, where he won three races in each. His breakthrough came in the North American ladder; he took the 2022 Indy Pro 2000 Championship with seven wins in eighteen starts, then stepped to Indy NXT in 2023 and won the series in 2024 with ten wins from 26 starts, the second title for Andretti Global. He entered IndyCar full-time in 2025 and has competed in 30 starts to date, predominantly on road and street courses; he made a single NASCAR Truck start in 2026 and currently sits 33rd in the points.[2]

His regular opponents in recent seasons include Nolan Siegel, an established professional and Gold-graded driver across multiple levels of American open-wheel racing, with whom Foster has finished closely matched, and Josh Skelton, a Silver-graded driver also rooted in British junior categories. At the IndyCar level, Foster has finished ahead of รlex Palou, a four-time series champion and elite professional, in two races, and has beaten Pato O'Ward, the 2018 Indy NXT champion and Gold-graded professional, four times. Double R Racing, the team that fielded him through his junior seasons, has won 47 races in the index and counted Mitch Evans, an elite professional, among its roster.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
Pole-sitter Louis Foster crashes out of Markham IndyCar race[1]
Motorsport.com
16 Aug 2026
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Watch Louis Foster crash out of best race of IndyCar career at Markham[2]
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16 Aug 2026
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Louis Foster Just Got Pole at Markham[3]
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16 Aug 2026
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